"Pattaya – Offer & demand" (by Erika Pineros)http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/32129
PATTAYA, THAILAND
From single men to entire families, tourists stroll down Walking Street, Pattaya’s main attraction. A morbid street where sex is sold widely and freely, and nothing seems to be taboo. At the street’s entry, a Tourist Police patrol stands; “This is Pattaya’s main tourist attraction”, an Englishman who volunteers for the Tourist Police says, “and no one is forced to be here”. Nonetheless, the sex industry in Pattaya is a multi-million dollar business, and is responsible for numerous cases of human trafficking.
Amazingly enough, Walking Street attracts millions of tourists every year. Only a few meters away from the Tourist Police stand, a gay bar lures customers by using half-naked and under-age looking men dancing on the footpath, attracting tourists to watch and get their photos taken. Further down the street, one of Thailand’s threatened species, a Bengal slow Loris wrapped up in a diaper; is offered for a few baht to be held and photographed.
With the high demand from tourists, and their clear acceptance of the sex industry and other illegal commodities; unanswered questions remain about the responsibility of the Tourism industry in the matter, as well as the authorities’ duty to educate travellers.http://www.lightstalkers.orgen-ushttp://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/45120/Boeungkak100924-8767_small.jpgPattaya – Offer & demand | Erika Pineroshttp://www.lightstalkers.org/Erika Pineros
Men hold up signs advertising cheap beer and sex services attracting customers to the bars.<img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1287619/pattaya111127-6981_small.jpg' /><br />Men hold up signs advertising cheap beer and sex services attracting customers to the bars.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1287619'>view full-size image</a>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1287619Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:25:45 +0000http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1287619
<img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1287619/pattaya111127-6981_small.jpg' /><br />Men hold up signs advertising cheap beer and sex services attracting customers to the bars.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1287619'>view full-size image</a>Erika PinerosTourists get their photos taken in front of a gay bar. Half-naked and under-age looking men dancing on the footpath is a popular tourist attraction on ‘Walking Street’.<img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1287622/pattaya111127-6968_small.jpg' /><br />Tourists get their photos taken in front of a gay bar. Half-naked and under-age looking men dancing on the footpath is a popular tourist attraction on ‘Walking Street’.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1287622'>view full-size image</a>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1287622Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:27:21 +0000http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1287622
<img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1287622/pattaya111127-6968_small.jpg' /><br />Tourists get their photos taken in front of a gay bar. Half-naked and under-age looking men dancing on the footpath is a popular tourist attraction on ‘Walking Street’.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1287622'>view full-size image</a>Erika PinerosA man carrying a toddler strolls down ‘Walking Street’, while women dressed up as sexy nurses and school girls lure customers into their bars.<img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1287625/pattaya111127-6941_small.jpg' /><br />A man carrying a toddler strolls down ‘Walking Street’, while women dressed up as sexy nurses and school girls lure customers into their bars.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1287625'>view full-size image</a>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1287625Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:29:31 +0000http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1287625
<img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1287625/pattaya111127-6941_small.jpg' /><br />A man carrying a toddler strolls down ‘Walking Street’, while women dressed up as sexy nurses and school girls lure customers into their bars.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1287625'>view full-size image</a>Erika Pineros‘HAPPY A GO GO’ – A woman holds a sign for a Go-Go bar. The sex industry in Pattaya is a multi-million dollar business, and is responsible for numerous cases of human trafficking. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1287628/pattaya111127-6975_small.jpg' /><br />‘HAPPY A GO GO’ – A woman holds a sign for a Go-Go bar. The sex industry in Pattaya is a multi-million dollar business, and is responsible for numerous cases of human trafficking. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1287628'>view full-size image</a>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1287628Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:00 +0000http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1287628
<img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1287628/pattaya111127-6975_small.jpg' /><br />‘HAPPY A GO GO’ – A woman holds a sign for a Go-Go bar. The sex industry in Pattaya is a multi-million dollar business, and is responsible for numerous cases of human trafficking. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1287628'>view full-size image</a>Erika Pineros[untitled]<img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1347996/BoeungKak121107-2178_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1347996'>view full-size image</a>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1347996Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:14:16 +0000http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1347996
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